Marion Sénones Explained

Marion Sénones
Birth Name:Marcelle Borne-Kreutzberger
Birth Date:8 June 1886
Birth Place:Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Death Place:Rabat, Morocco
Nationality:French
Field:Painting, design

Marion Sénones (born Marcelle Borne; 8 June 1886 – 3 October 1977), was a French painter, illustrator and traveler.

Biography

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, in a wealthy family with two sisters and a brother, their father was accidentally killed shortly after her birth. When her mother remarried Capt. Kreutzberger, she took the name Marcelle Borne-Kreutzberger. She spent her childhood and early years in Rennes, France where she learned design and painting at the School of Fine Arts. In 1917 she moved to Paris where she became editorial secretary of several publications, including L’Europe nouvelle and Ève.

In 1931, she met traveler and ethnologist Odette du Puigaudeau and the pair would remain together for the rest of their lives.[1] In 1933, the artist assumed the pseudonym Marion Sénones, apparently at the urging of Puigaudeau. The two women spent several years doing field work with the nomads of western Sahara, specifically Mauritania.[2] Sénones illustrated many of Puigaudeau's works.[3]

Sénones died in 1977 in Rabat, Morocco.

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-03-25. Des chameaux et des hommes : les voyages d'Odette du Puigaudeau en Mauritanie (1933-1961). 2020-07-07. École nationale des chartes. fr.
  2. Jacques-Meunié. D.. 1959. Quelques gravures et peintures rupestres de la Mauritanie sahélienne. Une pierre taillée de Tinigar. Journal des Africanistes. 29. 1. 19–31. 10.3406/jafr.1959.1902.
  3. Monique Vérité, Biographie de Marion Sénones